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From: John Richard Moser <nigelenki@comcast.net>
To: Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel Audit Project?
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:07:42 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41EBFEEE.9070006@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050117141150.7cce80c1.diegocg@gmail.com>

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Diego Calleja wrote:
> El Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:40:06 -0500 John Richard Moser <nigelenki@comcast.net> escribió:
> 
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>>On the same line, I've been graphing Ubuntu Linux Security Notices for a
>>while.  I've noticed that in the last 5, the number of kernel-related
>>vulnerabilities has doubled (3 more).  This disturbs me.
> 
> 
> 
> Most of the latest (ie: 2004) serious kernel holes (if not all) have been
> found by the isec.pl guys (http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities.html), specially
> Paul Starzetz. While they're not a "auditing project", the effect they're
> having is the same.
> 

sweet.

> 
> (By the way, secunia reports that 48% of the vulnerabilities reported for
> the linux kernel are not patched http://secunia.com/product/2719/ . I guess
> they can't notice when bugs are fixed but I hope there's not any open hole
> left)

There's probably open holes.  Never assume there's not.

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      reply	other threads:[~2005-01-17 18:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-17  7:17 Linux Kernel Audit Project? John Richard Moser
2005-01-17  7:31 ` Alban Browaeys
2005-01-17  7:32 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-17  7:47   ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-17 12:38     ` Adrian Bunk
2005-01-17 18:06       ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-17  7:40 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-17 12:23   ` Alan Cox
2005-01-17 18:12     ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-17 18:16     ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-01-17 20:09     ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-17 13:11   ` Diego Calleja
2005-01-17 18:07     ` John Richard Moser [this message]

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